Athletics at the 1934 Women's World Games – 80 metres hurdles

The 80 metres hurdles at the 1934 Women's World Games was held at the White City Stadium in London, from 9 to 11 August 1934.

During the heats the starter waited a very long time in before firing the start gun. In heat 4 the Dutch Agaath Doorgeest was disqualified after making two false starts. The British public did not agree. The audience started to whistle and there were chants. The public demanded that she got another chance. When that (of course) didn't happen, the public request the starter who was the starter at the Empire Games a few days earlier. It took so long for the crowd to calm down that some of the athletes didn't want to start anymore.

In the final, the German Ruth Engelhard won the event in 11.6 seconds that was a new world record, beating the previous world record 11.7 seconds of the American Babe Didrikson.

Results

Heats

Heat 1
Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes 1  Ondina Valla   12 sec.  Q 2  Violet Webb      Q 3  Maryla Freiwald     Q 4     5     6    

Heat 2
Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes 1  Marjorie Clark   12 sec.  Q 2  Gerda Pirch     Q 3  Roxy Atkins     Q 4     5     6    
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Heat 3
Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes 1  Bets ter Horst   12.2  Q 2  Elsie Green      Q 3  Burstey      Q 4     5     6    

Heat 4
Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes 1  Ruth Engelhard    12.5  Q 2  Betty Taylor      Q 3         4     5     DQ  Agaath Doorgeest     2 false starts
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Semi-finals

Gerda Pirch from Germany who won the silver medal in 1930 finished fourth in one of the semi-finals and was eliminated.

Semi-final 1
Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes 1  Ruth Engelhard     Q 2  Elsie Green     Q 3  Roxy Atkins     Q 4     5     6    

Semi-final 2
Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes 1  Violet Webb       Q 2   Betty Taylor       Q 3  Marjorie Clark      Q 4      5  Bets ter Horst     6     
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Final
The final took place on 12 August 1934.
Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes   Ruth Engelhard    11.6 WR   Betty Taylor    11.7    Violet Webb    12.0   4  Marjorie Clark     5 Elsie Green      6 Roxy Atkins     

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Related pages
Athletics at the Olympics of Grace – 80 metres hurdles

References

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